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Measuring Social Media Outcomes Is Easier than Measuring Hurricane Strength

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

While my family and their home dodged a bullet, like millions in NYC, other locations had catastrophic flooding and there was a loss of lives. We learned that it predicting the path of hurricanes is a more precise science than the measuring their destructive force. Pledges to Get Affiliated/Trained: 129 (Goal 250).

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How Nonprofits Can Use Measurement To Adapt to the Facebook Algorithm Change

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

How Nonprofits Can Use Measurement to Adapt to the Facebook Algorithm Change – guest post by Meghan Keaney Anderson, Hubspot. The flash-study found that branded pages lost about 6.5% Lists turn Facebook into a media consumption channel in addition to a social network. Keep calm and inspire on.

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Fundraising Lessons from the Father of Advertising | Ogilvy on Fundraising

Whole Whale

Key Takeaway #2: Spotlight Your Mission as the ‘Hero’ In the book, Ogilvy realized in a flash of insight that taste was irrelevant for whiskey – it was brand image alone that motivated purchases. Focus on optimizing donation channels for mobile. Growing your community of supporters is the only measure that matters.

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How Does Your Nonprofit Use Data To Improve Results?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NTEN is also doing this flash poll to learn how nonprofits make sense of their own data. I’d love to see a survey of nonprofit measurement practice that quantifies this. Measuring Networked Nonprofits: Using Data for Social Change is the topic of the book I’m co-authoring with KD Paine. Often overwhelmed.

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7 Practical Tips for Engagement with a Higher Purpose On Social

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Let’s look at some practical examples for engaging and connecting with your Alumni Network on social media channels. You can also invite Alums to share what they’re up to as part of your engagement strategy on social channels, either as a dedicated post or part of the conversation in the comments.

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The Knowledge is in the Room: How To Let It Out

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Northwest Harvest Food Bank used its social media channels to mobilize supporters to give food donations that ended up breaking a Guinness Book of World Records. In this living case study, the staff person from the Seattle Symphony shared how they did conversion tracking. I asked her where they got the idea for doing a flash mob.

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13 Innovative Online Fundraising Ideas For Nonprofits & Charities

CauseVox

One-Day Email Flash Fundraiser or Social Media Sharing Event. Choose a day and actively encourage donations and sharing through all your social media channels, such as Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Snapchat. Email fundraising makes up ? To securea matching gift, start with your closest supporters: your board.

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